By Howard M. Wedgle
I went to the Phipps IMAX 3D Theatre this past Wednesday for the 1:00 showing of “A Beautiful Planet”. Before I talk about the movie, I must tell you in advance to go early, if you are going during the daytime. The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is very busy and parking is a little bit difficult.
I haven’t been to an IMAX movie here in quite some time. I figured that readers of this newsletter might not have been to this theater in awhile as well. Since I arrived in the theater at around 12:55pm, I didn’t get a seat in the middle, but still good. The theater was filled with grandparents, parents and kids.
The only real critique I have is the volume of the narration by Jennifer Lawrence. It really wasn’t loud enough, but the voice-overs from the astronauts were much better.
If you read the newsletter from this week, you’ll know that I have an interest in tracking the flyovers of the International Space Station, where most of the movie is filmed. The film shows incredible views of the Earth as well as a small insight into life on board the ISS, one of which is watching Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti drink one of the first espressos ever brewed in space. Buona Salute!
I think the biggest message of the movie, which is only about 45 minutes, is the environmental message with some politics thrown in. We have a lot of problems, but as Barry “Butch” Wilmore, one of the astronauts who helped film this movie said: “Life on Earth is like life on a space station. We all need to work together to keep it running”.
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